9° Edition
Kadir van Lohuizen
Arctic : A New Frontier
Kadir van Lohuizen was born in 1963 in the Netherlands. He launched his career as a photojournalist in 1988, with a photo essay on the Intifada.
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Born in The Netherlands in 1963, Kadir van Lohuizen started his carrier as a photojournalist in 1988 by reporting the Intifada. During the mid-1990s, he has covered conflicts in Africa and the aftermaths of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He is best known for his long-term projects documenting seven rivers of the world, which he roamed from source to mouth.
He also documented the rising of sea levels and its consequences, the diamond industry, the post-Katrina period in the USA, violences against women and migration in the Americas. Kadir van Lohuizen has received numerous prizes and awards in photojournalism. In 2000 and 2002 he was a jury member of the World Press Photo contest and is currently on the supervisory board of the World Press Photo Foundation.
Kadir van Lohuizen is a frequent lecturer and photography teacher, based in Amsterdam.
